Combined filling and vibrating device having an elongated vibratory bag member



Dec 5, 1950 R. E. WILLIAMS 2,533,157

COMBINED FILLING AND VIBRATING DEVICE HAVING AN ELONGATED VIBRATORY BAG MEMBER Filed Feb. 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 PM? W Dec. 5, 1950 R. E. WILLIAMS 2,533,157

. COMBINED FILLING AND VIBRATING DEVICE HAVING AN ELONGATED VIBRATORY BAG MEMBER Filed Feb. 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 PWKM mom l atented fiec. 5

me s PATENT GFFICE 25533;57 U ceamtsn mme ass VIBRATING DEVIQE, LEAVING AN ,LIELONGATED VIBRATORY -BAG MEMBER saiah "IL Williams, "Chicago, flu, asset to TB911. Gum'p-"G'og'a corpbration of Illinois hbiiiscatidii-i tmla-ry15, 1945, serial Nesta-918 1mm. (01. zze-ss) My invention relates to snag filling One purpose is to provide a bagfilling v in which the bag i's s'u'sfie'nded by the neck or top duringfilliiig. V V Another purpose provide "a bag iilling'inachine'in'which the bagwhile suspended frl'irn its upper 'end, is "vibrated laterally top'ack form the material "in the bag.

Another-purpose is to provide a bag filling 'ina chine which'fills the bag While the aegis in riosition a ove a conveyor, wherebythe bag filled, "can 'be rfelea'sed directly to the conveyor without the 'necessity of intermediate handling.

Another purpose istoprovidea bag filler'which tends to form 'or flatten a filled bag and the charge-withinit, H I, H

Another purpose is to provide a labor saving bag filling assembl Whichfavoids the necessity of manually lifting ormov' ing the filled bags.

Other objects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claim.

My invention is illustrated more or l'esjs diagrammatically in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view;

Figure 3 is a plan view of "a variahtform; and

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the "structure shown in Figure 3. i q

Like parts are indicated by like 'cnaracters thro'ughofltith'e "specification and dr'a'wifngs.

I generally indicates any suitable base which ma be mounted a motor 2 With its 215111:

rey 3. 4 generall indicates an A-frame, of which there may be two, mounted on the base I; Pivoted to the A-frarn'es, "as at5, is a vibratorgenkerally indicated as 6 which has a free bottom edge 1. The'vibrator'is shown as somewhat inclined from the vertical. The vibrator may be vibrated for example by the link or connection 8 having lugs 9 carrying pins Ill which interpenetratewith lugs I I extending from the vibrator l. The vibrator may, if desired, be fiat or generally plane, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, or it may be more or less formed to the contour of the bag. It is important that the vibrator be so formed and positioned that the bag X, when-released, will drop downwardly by gravity upon any'suitable c011- veyor l2. The details of the conveyor do n'ot of themselves form part of the present invention but I may employ, for example, an endless cenveyor or belt driven by any suitable actuating means not herein shown, or any other suitable conveyor.

The connection or plate 8 has secured to it a bearing block l4, through which passes the eccentric portion l5 of the power driven sh'aft IS. The shaft may be journaled in any suitabl bearing assemblies H on the base I and may be rotated by a combined pulley and fly wheel 19,

to have tn driven for example by VQbelts '23 from theinotor drive pulleyt. The fly wheel ISfmay be suitably ceunterweighted. It will be understood that in p nse W the, rot l onr f th shaf Oil the "mo? tor}, the vibrating shaft l6 will be rapidly, tated. 'lhefrotationpt the shaft l6 will ro'tate the eccentric and will ,thus 3 impart a relatively high freguency vibration to the vibrating-connection 8, This vibration in turn willcau sjearapid vibration or'oscil'lat'ion of the bag contacting "v'i- 'ate se l ut si emr y y .y The bag X is ipreferably suspended by its up er ei 'qr ec duri at ef ins creati e 1 illustrate any suitableffeed spout 2i! havingla bottom holding enlargement 2! and an upper l mi a s fii, In a ly n the a bat spout, it may be threaded on the spout 20 with its uppe1 edge at or near th e limit flange {22. Any suitable means such as the twisting device may then be employe'd for holding or locking the bag X to the'spout 126. Suitable twisting or tensioning means are shown in "cop ending appliaucnsenm NO. 576,260 filed in the United States Eatent, Ofiice Feb'ruaryf5, 1 19 15, now Patent No. 2,430,073. l lo'wever, since the particular securing means does not form part, of the we; fit invention, it is not shown detail herein. suitab1e means for s'ecuri'ngthe bag by its upper edge may be employed, whereby/the bag, XFi'S suspended from the feed spent '20 It is a'dv f1- tagedus 'th'at the ba'g be 'berinitted, to drop slide by jgr'alvity upon the conveyor 12 after the filling ahd, settling'iiroce'ss is completed. H M, As shown in igure 2 turn it advamageeus so to position trimester 20-ir1relationto the vibratcr a thatfthe jbag X [will be held bygrajviity against the vibrator-6 during Ithe filling arts-Gees. It is taljsb advantage us, in order topr'eventt ingcft eneck bf, bagft'o havethe asserts ag' generally parallelwwith the "bag engagingjace offth vibrating element state otherwise, it is iinflolitailttb ensu" tn gravital v y of the bag. T refre it may b'e dls 'V f' u 'x s or the sfioiit 2G p'erpendlcul a s'u'cnaspo t arrangement resultinan even lead on the fabric bfjthe bag when the h s re eivedfthe ch 'rge and is in the inclined r s'i n w i h a is sh t 1 n i -fi e 1 With reference tame forms of F g res 4, I illustrate a} vibrator which may adva n ae lian d we a ic l e are and underlylngconveyor. The base carries A-frame's la. The apex of each A fra me ,is

located sdrnewhat to th e right of the side o f yi t;s

ba e. a shqwntinh lieu motor :2a. wi h its pulley ila-rotates the vibratin Shaft lta with its eccentricportion'l 5a, jlhis eccentric, through the vibrating connection 8a, vibrates a bag surrounding channel member having opposite generally vertical side elements 3!] and 3| connected by a connecting wall portion 32. The faces of the walls 30 and 3| are preferably generally vertical and parallel with the axis of the vertically suspended bag Y. The bag Y may be secured in the same manner as the bag X, except that the spout 20a with its holding flange Zia has a generally vertical axis. The conveyor 12a underlies the bag. It will be understood that the conveyor l2a is moved in the direction of the arrow of Figure 3 so that when a particular bag Y is released, it drops upon the conveyor 12a and is moved by the conveyor outwardly through the open side of the vibrating channel.

It will be realized that whereas I have shown and described an operative device, still many changes might be made in the size, shape, number and arrangement of parts without departing materially from the spirit of my invention. I wish, therefore, that my showing be taken as in a broad sense diagrammatic and illustrative, rather than as limiting me to my precise showing.

Where I employ the term bag in the claim, I wish this term to be interpreted as of sumcient breadth to cover any suitable container which is adapted to be packed by the mechanism and method herein described. It is practical under some circumstances to support boxes, barrels or other containers by an upper portion and vibrate and pack them in accordance with the disclosure herein made. j

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

In both forms of the device, the bag X or Y is suspended by its upper edge or neck during the filling operation. Any suitable charge of material is released through the spout Zll or 20a into the interior of the bag, the securing means for the bag being effective to support the bag from above and to avoid the necessity of any underlying supporting means for the bag. I have diagrammatically illustrated bag tensioning means 59 in Figures 2 and 4, such as are shown in detail in a co-pending application. The upper edge of the bag is drawn in or tensioned about the spout 20 or 29a which, with the flange 2! or 2la, prevents the escape of the bag until the securing means 58 is released. The bag, during the admission of the charge, and when charged,

is subjected to lateral vibration.

In the form of Figure 2, the vibrating element 6 slightly underlies the bag X, causes gravity to maintain the bag in contact with the member 6 during its vibration. In the form of Figures 3 and 4, the bag is contained between the opposed vibrating walls 3i! and 31, which slap back and forth against opposite sides of the bag and tend to flatten the bag and give it a desirable form. In both forms of the device the bag, when properly charged and packed, is released by releasing the securing means 50. The bag then drops upon the conveyor 12 or 12a and is conveyed thereby for further handling or disposal. The vibrating member 6 or the members 3!! and 3! guide the bag in its gravital movement downwardly to the move by gravity downwardly upon and be supported upon the conveyor l2 or [2a. The conveyor, whether continuously or intermittently operated, is then effective to remove the bag from the packing area. This is highly advantageous because the packed bags may be heavy and the avoidance of the manual effort of lifting the bag from the packing zone to the conveyor is important. Thus a manual operation is eliminated, with a consequent saving of time and labor and with a speed up in production. The task of manually moving a large filled sack is hard on the laborer and its avoidance is much to be desired. The filled ba can be carried on the conveyor to or through any further stages of treatment Without the necessity of manually lifting the bag.

I claim:

In a bag packer, a base, an elongated vibratory member having an upper end pivotally supported on said base, a drive for laterally vibrating said member including a power driven member on said base laterally offset with respect to said pivotal support and an actuating link connection between the power driven member and the vibratory member for swinging said vibratory member in an arc about the pivoted upper end there of, a bag support positioned adjacent to and above the upper end of the vibratory member, and spaced therefrom, whereby the vibratory member is free to move independently of the bag support, the vibratory member being supported to extend downwardly and outwardly from its pivotal support at an angle toward a bag suspended from the bag support and bein positioned to underlie the bag support and a ba suspended therefrom substantially throughout the arc of movement of the vibratory member, whereby gravity is substantially constantly effective to urge a bag suspended on the bag support toward the vibratory member, said vibratory member having a bag engaging portion extending generally from end to end of the bag, whereby the contents of the bag are simultaneously vibrated from end to end of the bag, the angle of the bag engaging portion of the vibratory member being substantially less than the angle of repose, whereby when the bag is released from the bag support it is free to slide gravitally downwardly along and from the vibratory member, the lower end of the vibratory member being formed to permit the bag to move freely therefrom when the bag is released from the bag support.

RALPH E. WILLIAMS.

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